Why AFL legend and SuperCoach ambassador Jonathan Brown turned down AFL Footy Show

It was once the top footy TV job, but it appears hosting the Footy Show isn’t the draw it once was, with Jonathan Brown revealing he turned down the gig.

It was once the top footy TV job, but it appears hosting the Footy Show isn’t the draw it once was, with Jonathan Brown revealing he turned down the gig.

The Herald Sun SuperCoach ambassador, who also co-hosts the Chrissie, Sam and Browny breakfast show on Nova FM was caught out live on air this morning.

Hawthorn legend and guest of the show, Shane Crawford, let the cat out of the bag when asked to talk about the new look Footy Show, making it clear he had hoped to share the screen with the big man.

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Jonathan Brown lifts the lid on his Channel 9 offer.

Shane Crawford calls out Jonathan Brown for rejecting the Footy Show gig.

“Well I can tell you that they did try in the off season to recruit the one Jonathan Brown … but he shut it down,” he said.

“We took Sam Newman’s wage, we got rid of Sam, and we said: ‘Jonathan Brown is our man, we want Jonathan Brown’, and he shut it down.”

With his head hanging low, Browny then fessed up on his little secret.

“I love Channel 9, Channel 9 gave me my start and I love Channel 9 But I work at Fox Footy and I thoroughly enjoy my work at Fox Footy,” he said.

Crawford then asked if there was any sweetener Channel 9 could have thrown in to convince him, to which Browny jokingly replied: “Yeah, yeah, I wanted Postcards and they wouldn’t give me that though.”

“The Today Show?!”, Crawford asked.

The cast of the new Channel 9 Footy Show: Brendan Fevola, Neroli Meadows, Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann, Dylan Alcott and Shane Crawford. Picture: Nicki Connolly

Channel 9 officially unveiled its new-look Footy Show panel only days ago as the iconic program undergoes a major facelift ahead of season 2019.

Neroli Meadows will host the show alongside Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann, while Brendan Fevola and wheelchair tennis star Dylan Alcott also take their places on the panel.

Crawford will also be a part of the fresh line-up.

Brown, who grew up in Warrnambool was drafted by the Lions in 1999, is a member of Fox

Footy’s Monday night program On The Couch.

Supercoach expert Jonathan Brown. Picture: Tony Gough

Longstanding Footy Show panellist Sam Newman revealed last year he wouldn’t be returning to the program, with Eddie McGuire also stepping away.